The Smile Of A Ugandan : “I was in Kisoro”….“Where’s that?”

Again Post From October!
So instead of writing a big long boring blog about my trip to Kisoro, I have decided to just put up some photos instead of explaining every little detail of the trip to you. To be honest it is really hard to find the words to explain how beautiful and what a wonderful trip to Kisoro it was. A short intro to the photos is needed however so here goes… I traveled there for the 50^th Anniversary of Peace Corps Uganda! Peace Corps has been in Uganda for 50 years! Happy Anniversary Peace Corps! We have been here since 1964 (of course there were a couple years where Peace Corps left Uganda for security issues – google it if you want more details on what happened). So where is Kisoro you may ask?! Well, Kisoro is pretty much as far South and West as you can go in Uganda, only about 8 Kilometers from the Rwandan border and also right next door is the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is a mountain there when you get to the top you are standing in Rwanda, the Congo, and Uganda or no man’s land as they call it because no government owns it. The countryside was formed many years back by volcanoes which now dot the landscape now they have farmland all over them. People have learned to farm on the sides of very steep mountains/volcanoes. As we arrived into Kisoro we passed the remains of what once was a refugee camp that has been used many times over the years. Kisoro is also known for the Mountain Gorillas. I was only going to be there for three days but ended up staying a week; hiking, eating amazing food, relaxing, and meeting a lot of really awesome people plus I got to hang out with a bunch of wonderful Peace Corps people. We celebrated Uganda Independence Day there as well and experienced our first military parade as the only white people in the crowd but it was a great way to spend the morning while others climbed one of the local volcanoes. Kisoro is probably the most beautiful and interesting place in all of Uganda. I put it above Fort Portal and that is saying something as Fort is extremely beautiful. Here are a few photos to highlight the events and beauty (I took over 300 photos). I hope it will give you an idea of Kisoro and maybe you will come witness its beauty for yourselves one day.